The Champaign corks were flying on Thursday as ZAP and Integrity Manufacturing broke ground on their electric car factory located at Wilkey North Industrial Park in Franklin, KY. The joint company venture is in the process of raising $76 million in bonds to fund the project, $48 million has already been promised in incentives by […]

According to GM, there is no competition between them and Toyota for the potentially highly lucrative electric car market. They say that there is no comparison between the different alternative power vehicles being planned by the American and Japanese company’s. GM point out that their Chevrolet Volt can travel much further than the Japanese “plug-in” […]

Lincoln has confirmed it will produce the new Lincoln MKT a premium crossover with three rows of seats based on the concept of the vehicle which was very well received at the Auto Show in Detroit. The new Lincoln MKT crossover vehicle will use the much-hyped EcoBoost engine, which operates through a technology-based on direct […]

Dale Vince, CEO of the renewable energy company Ecotricity, and his enthusiastic vehicle engineer, Richard Jenkins, are camped out at Lake LeFroy, a huge salt flat in Western Australia. When weather conditions improve, Vince and Jenkins will be attempting to take back the wind-power land speed record from Bob Schumacher, whose Iron Duck has held […]